title: Particlelike distributions of the Higgs field nonminimally coupled to gravity.
abstract: When the Higgs field is nonminimally coupled to gravity, there exists a family of spherically symmetric particlelike solutions to the field equations. These monopoles are the only globally regular and asymptotically flat distributions with finite energy of the Higgs field around compact objects. Moreover, spontaneous scalarization is strongly amplified for specific values of their mass and compactness.
authors.affiliation: Namur Center for Complex Systems (naXys), University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Füzfa
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schlögel